The literature of extreme poverty in the Great Depression /

'The Literature of Extreme Poverty in the Great Depression' uncovers a forgotten side of modernism: the literature of unemployment and poverty in the 1930s, particularly fiction and poetry about people starving on the street or struggling on welfare, people who often don't know where...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Parker, Robert Dale
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
'The Literature of Extreme Poverty in the Great Depression' uncovers a forgotten side of modernism: the literature of unemployment and poverty in the 1930s, particularly fiction and poetry about people starving on the street or struggling on welfare, people who often don't know where they'll find their next meal or whether they'll find someplace to sleep. They spend the night on park benches or in filthy flophouses, or they trade sex for food and shelter, or they starve. Time itself changes. For the starving poor standing for hours and hours in a breadline, the speed of modern culture slows down.
Umfang:
1 online resource (260 pages)
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780197785096
0197785093
9780197785072
0197785077
Schlagworte:
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Poverty in literature.
Depressions in literature.
Unemployment in literature.
Depressions > 1929 > United States.
Literature.
Literature: history & criticism.
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